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  • To Live & Die in Harlem

    Relentless Aaron

    Reginald "Push" Jackson has had a hard-knock life. His parents were murdered when he was young, and he's spent much of his adulthood in prison. Now there's only one thing left in the world worth fighting for: his home. Harlem has been undermined b...

  • Grimpow: The Invisible Road

    Rafael Abalos

    GRIMPOW HAD NO idea who the dead man was, but hidden in his leather bag was a treasure that would change his life forever. Ruby and emerald encrusted daggers, silver coins, jewels, and a letter with a golden seal depicting a snake swallowing its own...

  • Queen of Shadowthorn

    Tony Abbott

    A HIDDEN DOOR. A MAGICAL STAIRCASE. DISCOVER THE WORLD OF DROON! A visitor from the future has returned to Droon. Her name is Salamandra, and she is a sorceress -- and an old foe. Yet Salamandra says she wants to help the kids. She shows them a ...

  • Frosty the Snowman

    Marcie Aboff

    The North Pole is a magical place! Let Frosty show you the wonders of winter in The Northern Lights Carry-Along Coloring Kit. Use the included crayons and stickers to color the festive wintertime activities. With the take-along box, take that special...

  • In the Space Left Behind

    Joan Ackermann

    When Colm Drucker's mother heads out to Las Vegas for her third honeymoon, Colm has plans of his own -- organizing his baseball cards, playing guitar, and remodeling the family house as a surprise wedding present. But from the start of his week home ...

  • The Act of Roger Murgatroyd

    Gilbert Adair

    Boxing Day circa 1935. A Christmas party in a snowed-in manor on the edge of Dartmoor, England. Overhead, in the attic, lies the dead body of Raymond Gentry, gossip columnist and blackmailer. But the attic door is locked from the inside, its sole win...

  • Skate Crime

    Alina Adams

    Rebecca "Bex" Levy, researcher and aspiring producer for the 24 / 7 television network, knows the inside story on everything from sequins and sprains to scandals. But she's never seen a deadly crossover like this one... ON EDGE Bex has finally scor...

  • Moon's Fury

    C.T. Adams; Cathy Clamp

    Cara Salinas, the sheriff of Tedford County, Texas, has led her small pack of Mexican red wolves since she was thirteen. Adam Mueller, a beat cop from Minneapolis, violated the Sazi's single greatest rule--he allowed humans to see their kind. Now ...

  • My Dad's a Birdman

    David Almond

    "Flight as a metaphor for love’s transcendence over grief takes a new form in this comic piece of magical realism."
    -School Library Journal

    In a rainy town in the north of England, there are strange goings-on. Dad is building a pair of w...

  • Stinky and Successful

    Mary Amato

    Just when you thought the Riot Brothers couldn't get any wackier or more hilarious, along comes the third book in the series, chock full of even more eye-popping, mouth-foaming missions, games, and sayings. Whether Orville and Wilbur are playing Sock...

  • Christmas Eve Baby

    Caroline Anderson

    The paternity secret… Dr. Lucy Tremayne’s title ia about to change from doctor to mother! She knows she must tell Ben Carter he’s going to be a daddy by Christmas - but she’s running out of time…. Why is she stalling? Because she knows tha...

  • The Last Days of Krypton

    Kevin J. Anderson

    THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON is the epic story of the politics and betrayals that blind both heroes and villains to the coming disaster and culminate in the escape of only a single infant child. While exploring on the planet Krypton with its famous citie...

  • Secrets in the Attic

    V.C. Andrews

    Two Friends As Close As Sisters. One Killer Secret That Will Tear Their Small Town Apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything -- fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the w...

  • Dark Lies

    Vivi Anna

    WHAT DARK SECRET WAS SHE HIDING? When the Otherworld Crime Unit reconvenes to investigate a ritualistic murder, werewolf Jace Jericho can barely set aside his past--and his hatred of humanity--to work with the team's newest member. As far as Jace ...

  • Thirteen Reasons Why

    Jay Asher

    Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hanna...

  • The Queen's Handmaiden

    Jennifer Ashley

    A novel of the early years of Elizabeth Tudor -- as told by the spirited niece of her real-life governess. Her name is Eloise Rousell Daughter of a well-bred lady and a strolling player, she lived her early years in peaceful obscurity. But th...

  • Seeing Is Believing

    Kate Austin

    There's a magic in life--But Ria Sterling has yet to embrace it, because she considers her ability to predict death from merely touching a photograph a curse. She yearns to use her sight to save just one life. On the other hand, tough-talking detecti...

  • Calamity Jayne Heads West

    Kathleen Bacus

    DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE BLONDE COYOTE? IT GOT STUCK IN A TRAP, CHEWED OFF THREE LEGS AND WAS STILL STUCK. Tressa Jayne Turner, Grandville Iowa's own little "Calamity," is headed for the Grand Canyon State -- and a wedding! No, not her own. She hasn't...

  • Sleeping Beauty

    Judy Baer

    Will Suze Sleepwalk Into The Arms Of Her Dream Man? Chronic sleepwalker Suze Charles's nocturnal rambles were legendary among her friends and family. But then she was up for a promotion in her career as an insurance adjuster. And it was anyone's g...

  • Around the World in 80 Dates

    Christa Banister

    Travel writer Sydney Alexander is ready for one particular journey to end: her frustrating search for a Mr. Right. But things are looking up: Just after landing her dream job, she meets an eligible round of bachelors.
    Now Sydney will discover just...

  • Night of the Wolf

    Elaine Barbieri

    In the darkness came an eerie howling only she could hear. And with it the knowledge that tragedy would soon follow. This time, Letty Wolf would obey the teachings of her Kiowa heritage and bring back to New York her three estranged daughters ... be...

  • No Time for Goodbye

    Linwood Barclay

    Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family -- mother, father, older brother -- had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she'll learn the devastating truth. Sometimes it'...

  • Merry Fairy Holidays

    Cicely Mary Barker

    A collection of three Flower Fairies Friends chapter book stories shows how the Christmas Tree Fairy uses her fairy dust to save the Christmas tree, Snowdrop Fairy weathers a wintery storm, and Holly uncovers the Christmas troublemakers. Original....

  • God's Demon

    Wayne Barlowe

    The powerful Lord Sargatanas, brigadier general in 1 Beelzebub's host, is restless. For millennia Sargatanas has ruled dutifully over an Infernal metropolis, but he has never forgotten what he lost in the Fall. He is sickened by what he has done and ...

  • Empire Rising

    Sam Barone

    It is 3157 B.C. -- the beginning of the Bronze Age and the rise of cities -- and at the eastern edge of the great southern desert in Mesopotamia, the savagery of men reigns supreme. Into this violent, unsettled land come the outcast Korthac and the ...

  • The Air We Breathe

    Andrea Barrett

    In fall 1916, Americans debate whether to enter the European war. "Preparedness parades" march and headlines report German spies. But in an isolated community in the Adirondacks, the danger is barely felt. At Tamarack Lake the focus is on the sick. W...

  • City Lights: Stories about New York

    Dan Barry

    With a poet’s clear eye and a journalist’s curiosity about how a city works, Dan Barry shows us New York as no other writer has seen it. Evocative, intimate, piercing, and often funny, the essays in City Lights capture everyday life in the city ...

  • In the Heart of the Amazon Forest

    Henry Walter Bates

    One of the most impressive of all Victorian scientists but also a marvellous writer, Bates' (1825-1892) account of his years in the upper reaches of the Amazon is almost too good to be true - a great monument to human inquisitiveness as he battles gr...

  • Dearest Dorothy, If Not Now, When?

    Charlene Baumbich

    Home is where the heart is--and this Partonville homecoming will warm the hearts of all Dearest Dorothy fans this fall The colorful characters of Partonville, Illinois, are back once again to delight Charlene Ann Baumbich's ever-growing legion of...

  • Housemaid Heiress

    Elizabeth Beacon

    Heiress's Diversions An heiress, thinks spoiled Miss Alethea Hardy, should rise late, dress elegantly and marry well. Housemaid's Duties A far cry from her new responsibilities -- up at dawn to fetch and carry for her betters! In ...

  • A Companion to Wolves

    Elizabeth Bear; Sarah Monette

    A Companion to Wolves is the story of a young nobleman, Isolfr, who is chosen to become a wolfcarl -- a warrior who is bonded to a fighting wolf. Isolfr is deeply drawn to the wolves, and though as his father's heir he can refuse the call, he chooses...

  • Kissing Christmas Goodbye

    M.C. Beaton

    BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR Agatha Raisin is bored. Her detective agency in the Cotswolds is thriving, but she'll scream if she has to deal with another missing cat or dog. Only two things seem to offer potential excitement: Christmas, and her ex...

  • Happy Birthday, Monster!

    Scott Beck

    A sweet treat for Halloween, birthdays, or any time of the year!From the author-illustrator of Little House, Little Town comes a warm and funny tale with an unusual cast of characters. Ben the monster has planned a surprise party for Doris the dragon...

  • When You Don't See Me

    Timothy James Beck

    Being Invisible Is Nick Dunill's M.O. For nineteen years, he's been "the one who disappears" to his disapproving, Midwestern family. And now in New York City, a metropolis of anonymity built on not making eye contact, he feels right at home. Walkin...

  • Written in Bone

    Simon Beckett

    "I took the skull from its evidence bag and gently set it on the stainless steel table. 'Tell me who you are. . . .' " With this silent plea, forensic expert Dr. David Hunter ignites a harrowing murder investigation on a windswept Scottish island, an...

  • Bamboo Battleground

    Don Bendell

    When al Quaeda tests American forces for weakness along the Pacific Rim, Senator Weatherford, a political power player, sends in undercover operatives Major Bobby Samuels and Captain Bo Devore to investigate, and they discover a shocking secret about...

  • Powers, Volume 10: Cosmic

    Brian Michael Bendis

    Powers are dropping out of the sky, leaving bloody bodies in their wake. When one of the victims is revealed to be the cosmic guardian of our galaxy, homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim find themselves knee deep in cosmic doo. And ...

  • Isabella Moon

    Laura Benedict

    Sometimes the past comes looking for you. . . . Two years ago, in idyllic Carystown, Kentucky, nine-year-old Isabella Moon disappeared on her way home from school. Is it just coincidence that Kate Russell, a young woman with no discernible past, a...

  • Noble Lies

    Charles Benoit

    "Lovingly rendered...the perfect setting for this rough and rollicking story of adventure and romance." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED reviewFor Mark Rohr, a decorated Desert Storm vet, the last ten years have been filled with countless misadventures a...

  • Clear, Clear, Dear

    Ron Benrey
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    Contemporary Romance: Romance is in the air for NASCAR fans. Even though Faith's dreams of being a stock car driver have ended, can she use her skills to spur a brash driver on to victory? Moe loves everything about racing, but will she be willing to...

  • Carpool Confidential

    Jessica Benson

    Looks like we made it... From the outside looking in, Cassie Martin's life is storybook perfect. She and her investment banker husband, Rick, have everything -- financial stability, a loving marriage, and a to-die-for apartment overlooking the Man...

  • Heaven Bound

    Montre Bible

    In Heaven Bound, we meet Andrea Turner, the mother of Andrew Turner. After her death, Andrea journals her final words to her son, telling him of her discovery that she is Nephilim (half-human and half-angel). The story goes black to when Andrea meets...

  • Boy2Girl

    Terence Blacker

    Matthew’s American cousin, Sam, has come to London to live with the family. Sam is a charismatic, funny kid, but can he be trusted to be a reliable friend? Matthew and his “mates” decide that Sam must undertake a challenge in order to prove him...

  • A Highlander for Christmas

    Sandy Blair

    Welcome To My World 'Tis the season to be jolly -- but Boston antiques dealer Claire MacGregor isn't looking forward to a solo Christmas, or cocoa for one, or trimming the tree by herself. But company's coming. Claire is fooling around ...

  • Taken

    Edward Bloor

    BY 2035 THE RICH have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and kidnapping has become a major growth industry in the United States. The children of privilege live in secure, gated communities and are escorted to and from school by armed guards....

  • The Amazing Compendium of Edward Magorium

    N.E. Bode

    Enter the magical world of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium!

    What happens when a small, not very gifted boy named N.E. Bode gets lost on a class trip and stumbles into a toy store one rainy day? He is found by a man named Bellini who tells him t...

  • The Name of this Book Is Secret

    Pseudonymous Bosch

    This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story. When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorfu...

  • Take It Off

    Elizabeth Atkins Bowman
    in

    In Other People's Skin, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with fellow authors Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper, take on one of the most controversial topics within the African-American community: the self-hatred caused by intra-racia...

  • One Fell Swoop

    Virginia Boyd

    The aftershocks of a murder-suicide resonate through a small town where everybody knows everybody else's business. By turns hilarious and poignant, this daring, debut novel begins with the violent end of a marriage. A local wife-and-mother has ki...

  • Comet Can't Wait for Christmas

    Paul Bracegirdle

  • Double Vision

    Fiona Brand

    In the forgotten corners of Rina's mind there is a very valuable secret--one that the Chavez family will kill for. Almost two decades ago a car accident thrust Rina Morell's life into darkness. Unable to deal with the traumatic loss of her mother,...

  • Melody and Cordoba

    Max Brand

  • The Sweet Far Thing

    Libba Bray

    IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world cal...

  • Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen

    Emily Brightwell

    DEAD IN DECEMBER 'Tis the season to make merry, and a Yuletide dinner in West Brompton should prove a festive occasion for all. But the good cheer disappears when the host, wealthy Stephen Whitfield, dies before the second course. The case is a blot...

  • One Trick Pony

    Daniella Brodsky

    MEET THE REGULARS at the One Trick Pony, Brooklyn's finest coffeehouse: Jesse the Player - gorgeous, charming, and oh-so-irresistible, he goes through girls quicker than you can say, "Check, please!" Abigail the Poet - quiet and beautiful, wit...

  • Devil's Rose

    Brom

    From the creator of the celebrated Plucker comes a frightening glimpse into hell and the afterlife. Escapees from the fiery underworld fill the richly illustrated pages of this novel set in modern-day Texas. They terrify and slay the living while try...

  • A Family For Hawthorn Farm

    Helen Brooks
    in

    'Tis the season for wishes and dreams that come true Experience the love, warmth and magic Christmas brings, with this heartwarming collection from three favorite Harlequin authors So much stands between Lancashire mill owner Haywood Densha...

  • His Christmas Bride

    Helen Brooks

    The billionaire's bride--by Christmas! Blossom was not the type to attract eligible rich men and keep them--her marriage lasted six months before her husband dumped her...on Christmas Eve! So when Zak Hamilton--a billionaire businessman--de...

  • Avengers / Defenders War

    Bob Brown

    Captain America. Iron Man. Thor. Doctor Strange. Namor the Sub-Mariner. The Hulk. The world's greatest heroes at the forefront of its two most titanic teams! But when the dread Dormammu and the lying Loki manipulate the Defenders and Avengers in an e...

  • The Tell-tale Horse

    Rita Mae Brown

    The hunt is on in this new installment of Rita Mae Brown's clever and engaging series. Only instead of chasing foxes into their dens, the locals must track down a killer and save the life of one of the most beloved folks in town. It's February, p...

  • Slide

    Ken Bruen; Jason Starr

    Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer and Angela's back in Ireland, hooking up with a would-be record-setter...in th...

  • Night Mischief

    Nina Bruhns

    WHAT GOOD COULD COME OF A BARGAIN WITH THE DEVIL? Burdened by her responsibility to the Order of the Cadre, Lady Dawn Maybank never imagines that a thoughtlessly spoken spell could conjure up her worst nightmare--a demon of vengeance. Or that this...

  • Dance With Me!

    Megan E. Bryant

  • Snapshots

    Paul W. Buchanan

    Even before Jen disappeared, Jimmy knew his best friend was leaving him behind. While she attracts stares from boys and men, fifteen-year-old Jimmy still passes for a child at the movies. He takes refuge in the past, before their friendship and l...

  • Ultraviolet

    Nancy Bush

    For process server-turned-private investigator, Jane Kelly, weddings are murder. Usually that's a metaphor, but for newly minted P.I. Jane Kelly, it's fast becoming an all-too-accurate nightmare. Roland Hatchmere, plastic surgery magnate, has been fo...

  • Nate Coffin's Revenge

    J. Lee Butts

    When a Texas badman winds up on the wrong side of the bullet, Lucius Dodge and the black-haired angel who saved his life find themselves with a bounty on their heads. They can either stay put and wait for death-or fight back....

  • Midnight Alley

    Rachel Caine

    MORGANVILLE IS SUCH A NICE PLACE TO LIVE... When Claire Danvers learned that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving freshman would do: She applied for a transfer and stocked up on garlic. The transfer is n...

  • The Return of Light

    Dia Calhoun

  • Missing Witness

    Gordon Campbell

    In this electrifying debut thriller, a brilliant defense lawyer takes on a murder case with ingenious twists Phoenix, Arizona, 1973. A beautiful woman, armed with a gun and accompanied by her twelve-year-old daughter, enters a house. Shots are fi...

  • Life Over Easy

    Margo Candela

    Single. Latin. Female. Meet Natalya Campos. She's always had things under control--a successful catering business, a serious relationship, good friends, and a loud but lovable family. She's kind, smart, and organized to the point of obsession. But ...

  • Not His Type

    Chamein Canton

  • Bayou Justice

    Robin Caroll

    A body in the bayou. Alligator conservationist Coco LeBlanc knew real fear when she found a body in the clutches of her beloved beasts. Fear turned to horror when she saw that it was one of the Trahan clan--and he'd been shot in the back. Her ex-b...

  • Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

    Ally Carter

    AFTER STAKING OUT, obtaining, and then being forced to give up her first boyfriend, Josh, all Cammie Morgan wants is a peaceful semester. But that's easier said than done when you're a CIA legacy and go to the Gallagher Academy, the premier school in...

  • Lovestoned

    T.P. Carter

    With an unforgettable voice, Essence bestselling author T.P. Carter delivers a stunning novel that takes readers into the mind and heart of an artist who loves like crazy... Islam Ian has the world at his feet. Everywhere the talented and in-deman...

  • The Drop Edge of Yonder

    Donis Casey

    "In this third in a series, set on a farm in 1914 Oklahoma, Casey lovingly portrays the Tuckers' close extended family, immersing the reader in both the domestic aspects and the harsh realities of everyday farm life." -- BooklistWho killed Uncle Bil...

  • Looking for JJ

    Anne Cassidy

    Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of town toward Berwick Waters. Later that day, only two of them came back. . . . Alice Tully knows exactly what happened that spring day six years ago, though it's still hard for her to believ...

  • His New Nanny

    Carla Cassidy

    THE WHOLE TOWN WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS NEW NANNY -- AND THAT WASN'T ALL... There were whispers about Sawyer Bennett, locked up behind his estate's stone walls. Untouchable. The only chink in his armor--his mute daughter. But not even his wealth an...

  • Betrayed

    P.C. Cast; Kristin Cast

    Fledgling vampyre Zoey Redbird has managed to settle in at the House of Night finishing school. She finally feels like she belongs, even gets chosen as the Leader of the Dark Daughters. Best of all, she actually has a boyfriend...or two. Then the unt...

  • Home for Christmas

    Dianne Castell
    in

    He's making a list, he's checking it twice--and he's hoping you're more naughty than nice. He's your own personal Saint Nick--sans beard, belly, and red suit--and he's coming special delivery in this sizzling collection... A philandering boyfrien...

  • Overkill

    Linda Castillo

    OVERKILL It started with a case so horrific that it sent Chicago cop Marty Hogan straight over the edge. Unable to put her disturbing memories behind her, Marty lost her job and was forced to flee to small-town Texas and the only police force that wo...

  • In The Dead Of Night

    Linda Castillo

    IT WAS A NIGHT LIKE NO OTHER...DARKER, LONGER AND TOTALLY UNFORGETTABLE Sara Douglas watched as Nick Tyson emerged from the heavy rain. In his face she saw little of the boy she once knew. She'd returned to Cape Darkwood to research her parent...

  • The Getaway

    Marc Cerasini

    After ruining Julian Vane's plot to control the world's nuclear reactors, Tom, Mitch, Laura and Mr. Chance are in hot pursuit of Vane. But when their next plan leads to another dead end, they decide to try a different route. The crew, including Mitch...

  • The Pirate's Daughter

    Margaret Cezair-Thompson

    In 1946, Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler, Errol Flynn, arrived in Jamaica in a storm-ravaged boat. After a long and celebrated career on the silver screen, Flynn spent the last years of his life on a small island off the Jamaican coast, where he...

  • Amber

    Deborah Challinor

  • Mozart's Sister

    Rita Charbonnier

    Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, affectionately called Nannerl by her family, could play the piano with an otherworldly skill from the time she was a child, when her tiny hands seemed too small to encompass a fifth. At the tender age of five, she ...

  • A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire

    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

    Inspired by Penguin,'s innovative Great Ideas series, our new Great Journeys series presents the most incredible tours, voyages, treks, expeditions, and travels ever written, -- from Isabella Bird,'s exaltation in the dangers of grizzlies, rattles...

  • This Is Actually My Party

    Lauren Child

    It’s Charlie’s birthday, but Lola is so excited, she opens all of Charlie’s birthday cards and blows out his birthday candles -- and gets banned from the party! Will Charlie and Lola be able to make up in time to save the party -- and their fri...

  • Captured By The Billionaire

    Maureen Child

    REVENGE IS SWEETER THAN PARADISE Billionaire Gabriel Vaughn had all but forgotten the past...until Debbie Harris arrived at his luxury resort. She'd walked away from him once, but now he wasn't letting her leave his island without exacting his own b...

  • Frill Kill

    Laura Childs

    From Laura Childs, bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, comes Carmela Bertrand -- a New Orleans shop owner who can turn any scrapbook into a treasure and put together the pieces of an unsolved murder... With Halloween barely a week away, ...

  • Snowbound With Mr. Right

    Judy Christenberry

    Tempting the tycoon out of the city... just in time for Christmas! Sally Rogers's family store is the heart and soul of the small town of Bailey, and she's working all hours to keep her business afloat. So when city slicker Hunter Bedford arrives,...

  • Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 15

    CLAMP

    ONCE A CITY, NOW A WASTELAND . . .

    Kurogane, Syaoran, Fai, Mokona, and Princess Sakura have come upon a desert of shifting sands and ruined skyscrapers. This postapocalyptic nightmare is all that remains of the booming metropolis that was Toky...

  • Fell

    David Clement-Davies

    Among the wolves of Transylvania walks a fearful legend: a black wolf with the power to see into the minds of other animals. Fell is a Kerl, a loner, separated from pack by the power of the Sight and by his guilt over the death of his beloved sister ...

  • When Harriet Met Sojourner

    Catherine Clinton

    Two women with similar backgrounds. Both slaves; both fiercely independent. Both great, in different ways.

    Harriet Tubman: brave pioneer who led her fellow slaves to freedom, larger than life . . . yearning to be free.

    Sojourner Truth:...

  • Operation: Married By Christmas

    Debra Clopton

    Unmarried Men Of Mule Hollow: Run For Your Lives! When Haley Bell Thornton arrived back in Mule Hollow wearing a wedding gown, no one bothered to ask where the groom was. Especially not Will Sutton, the first of her ditched fiances. The runaway br...

  • The Remaking of Moe McKenna

    Gloria Clover
    in

    Contemporary Romance: Romance is in the air for NASCAR fans. Even though Faith's dreams of being a stock car driver have ended, can she use her skills to spur a brash driver on to victory? Moe loves everything about racing, but will she be willing to...

  • Some Like It Hot-Buttered

    Jeffrey Cohen

    All Elliot Freed wanted to do was to make people die laughing. But not literally. The dead guy in row S, seat 18, is no joke. Elliot Freed, recovering writer, socked all his savings--and the alimony from his ex-wife--into the Comedy Tonight movie ...

  • Nemesis Circle

    Emerson Cole

    From the author of GodSword - Just as a BioGenetic Laboratory announces a revolutionary drug with recuperative powers, an Eastern European newspaper announces that a number of orphanages have been emptied by a philanthropic Pied Piper. Connor Brock i...

  • Corduroy Road to Love

    Lynn A. Coleman

    Ida Mae McAuley wounder if her occupation and marital status will forever be defined by the same word - spinster. Cyrus Morgan has proposed more than once, but is her gratitude for his kindness since her parents' tragic deaths reason enough to accept...

  • American Gangster

    Max Allan Collins

    The novelization of the major motion picture from Universal Pictures about Frank Lucas, drug czar of Harlem. The film stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and is directed by Ridley Scott. For decades the Mafia controlled the flow of heroin ont...

  • Out of Shadows

    Gloria Cook

    The new book in the popular Meryen series - Sarah Kivell had thought that the death of her tyrannical husband Titus, head of the once noble but now criminal Kivell clan, would set her free. But little did Sarah anticipate that Titus would reach beyon...

  • Diamonds in the Shadow

    Caroline B. Cooney

    THE FINCH FAMILY did not know that five refugees landed from Africa on the day they went to the airport to welcome the family sponsored by their church. The Finch family only knew about the four refugees they were meeting - Andre, Celestine, Mattu, a...

  • New Birth

    Desiree Cooper
    in

    In "Other People's Skin," Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with fellow authors Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper, take on one of the most controversial topics within the African-American community: the self-hatred caused by intra-rac...

  • Seven Days of Kwanzaa

    Melrose Cooper

    Celebrate the culture, heritage, family, and tradition of Kwanzaa through this beautiful variation of a popular holiday song.

    On the fifth day of Kwanzaa, my people gave to me
    Five festive friends!
    Four spending dollars,
    Red, green, a...

  • Polar Animals

    Wade Cooper

    Fabulous photographs, eye-catching design, and simple rhyming text constitute this Level 1 reader about the fascinating lives of polar animals! Hardcovers, foil, and an unbeatable price!

    "I'm a seal.
    See my smooth skin.
    My flippers help ...

  • Unwrapping Christmas

    Lori Copeland

    It’s that time of year again, and with excitement and high expectations, Rose has planned the perfect Christmas for her family and friends. But when she feels them drifting away during a time that should celebrate togetherness, Rose is forced to sl...

  • Bluebonnet Belle

    Lori Copeland

    April Truitt didn't trust doctors, battle of wills was raging in the Lone Star State in 1876. least of all handsome newcomer Gray Fuller, who opposed her efforts to offer the women of Dignity, Texas, an herbal alternative to surgery. He treated her l...

  • Little Miss Matchmaker

    Dana Corbit

    To: Uncle Alex From: Chelsea Re: I think you should ask Miss Fraser on a date She's my favorite teacher ever and she definitely likes you, I can tell. Everyone in town knows you're this brave firefighter. So why don't you be the hero of Miss...

  • A Season Of Forgiveness

    Brenda Coulter

    The Wrong Guy At The Right Time When Victoria Talcott's life had been in danger, he'd swooped in to save her. When she'd faced more threats, he'd appeared again. In fact, Sam McGarry seemed to always be in the right place at the right time, saving...

  • The Gum Thief

    Douglas Coupland

    Douglas Coupland's inventive novel-think Clerks meets Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?-is the story of an extraordinary epistolary relationship between Roger and Bethany, two very different, but strangely connected, "aisles associates"...

  • William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale

    Bruce Coville

    This captivating retelling of one of William Shakespeare's last plays follows King Leontes, who, after wrongly accusing his wife of infidelity, sets in motion a terrible chain of events that unexpectedly results in redemption, friendship, and true lo...

  • Prometheus's Child

    Harold Coyle; Barrett Tillman

    In this explosive series from New York Times bestseller Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With the military and inte...

  • Never Without You...Again

    Francine Craft

    'How can I forget our past?... Theda Coles wondered as Hunter 'Brave Wolf' Davis once again grabbed hold of her heart and refused to let go. Hunter was back in town and back in her life. And the fire that had seared both their hearts a decade ago ...

  • Castle Corona

    Sharon Creech

    Long ago and far away . . . There was a castle. But not just any castle. This was a castle that glittered and sparkled and rose majestically above the banks of the winding Winono River: the Castle Corona.And in this castle lived a family. But not jus...

  • Suspect

    Jasmine Cresswell

    For twenty-five years multimillionaire businessman Ron Raven played the loving husband and father-- to two very different households. But when Ron disappears, his deception is revealed. Faced with the ultimate betrayal, both families are left questio...

  • Count On Love

    Melinda Curtis

    It took guts for Annie Raye to come home to Vegas. With a cardsharp for a father and a convicted embezzler for an ex, she's already got two strikes against her. The last thing the struggling single mother needs is some private investigator deep-sixin...

  • A Promise to Remember

    Kathryn Cushman

    When There's Nothing Left But Memories Andie Phelps is the envy of Santa Barbara. A devoted mother with a loving son and a successful husband, her greatest joy comes from reaching out to others... Melanie Johnston is the envy of no one. A single m...

  • Narcissus

    Don D'Ammassa

    Sandor Dyle had nearly been killed when he agreed to help track down a serial killer. Now he is aboard a luxury starship on its maiden voyage and he just wants to relax. But murder and sabotage interfere with his plans....

  • The Courtesan's Daughter

    Claudia Dain

    Before Lady Sophia Dalby became a countess, she was a highly desired courtesan. Now that her daughter Caroline is of marrying age, her prospects are limited by Sophia's infamous past. To Sophia the solution is simple -- she will pay the Earl of A...

  • Buried Secrets

    Margaret Daley

    HIDDEN TREASURE? Fresh from her grandfather's funeral, Maggie Somers was shocked to find his home--all she had left of him--ransacked. What wasn't so shocking was that a Collier stood among the wreckage. Maggie had grown up hearing all about the Col...

  • Shadow Lake

    B.J. Daniels

    WHAT IS THE REAL STORY BENEATH SHADOW LAKE? In an instant Anna Collins loses control of her car and careens into isolated Shadow Lake. Near death, she's rescued by a man named Jack Fairbanks. But how could that be? Everyone says that the reclusive...

  • Long-Lost Son: Brand-New Family

    Lilian Darcy

    A child who needs his father... Janey Stafford never expected to become a mum, but now she must raise her vulnerable little nephew, who has lost his mother. Janey's only wish is to ensure the boy's happiness--she'll even go in search of Luke, the ...

  • Kisses Don't Lie

    Alexa Darin

    When It Comes To True Love... Bailey Ventura can't think of a better way to kick back and have some fun than a weekend in Las Vegas with her best friend. When Bailey hits the slots and wins a fabulous red Thunderbird, she can't believe her luck. But...

  • Czech Mate

    Elizabeth Darrell

    A Max Rydal mystery -Head of 26 Section Special Investigation Branch, Max Rydal, and his deputy, Sergeant Major Tom Black, are called to investigate a brutal attack on a young boy at a fancy-dress party. Meanwhile, security must be tightened ahead of...

  • Indie Girl

    Kavita Daswani

    FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD INDIE KONKIPUDDI HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF BECOMING A FASHION REPORTER. She'd do anything to land an internship with glamorous Celebrity Style magazine -- even babysit publisher Aaralyn Taylor's two-year-old son. Indie's neurosurgeon...

  • Spider-Man: Back in Black

    Peter David

    After an assassin's bullet intended for him kills his beloved Aunt May, Spider-Man will not rest until he finds the killer, while Sandman asks for Spider-Man's help when Sandman's father is falsely accused of murder, which brings back memories of the...

  • X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David - Volume 3

    Peter David

    Today X-Factor's beat is Mutant Town, but years before, it was Washington DC! Madrox, Strong Guy, Quicksilver and the rest face crises of diplomacy, deception and death while protecting humans from mutants and vice versa! A battle with the Brotherhoo...

  • The Majicka

    Maryjanice Davidson
    in

    Life's a bit crowded for Ireland and her roommates--a fairy, a werewolf, a vampire, and now a zombie...especially when a mysterious man walks through the door. Will there be any room left for love?...

  • Many Shades of Gray

    Dyanne Davis

    As romance blossoms between white publisher Simon Kohl and hot black author Janice Lace, they find their happiness threatened by Janice's ex-lover, past indiscretions, secrets, and deceptions. Original....

  • Never Say Never

    Geralyn Dawson

    When a stalker's sadistic threat sends photographer Torie Bradshaw fleeing for her life, she can think of only one safe haven: Matt Callahan. Rugged and captivating, the sexy government operative saved her once before. Surely he'll play her hero agai...

  • The Last Dragon

    Silvana de Mari

    When the last dragon and the last elf break the circle, the past and the future will meet, and the sun of a new summer will shine in the sky.In a world shrouded in darkness and continually lashed by rain, a youn...

  • Spider-Girl - Volume 9: Secret Lives

    Tom Defalco

  • Blink of an Eye

    Ted Dekker

    The Future Changes in the Blink of an Eye . . . Or Does It? Miriam is a Saudi princess promised to another, a pawn in a political struggle that could shift the balance of power in the Middle East. Seth is a certified genius with a head full of ...

  • A Family In Full

    Vanessa Del Fabbro

    In the picture-perfect seaside village of Lady Helen, South Africa, Monica Brunetti has the life of her dreams--two adopted sons, fulfilling work, loyal friends and a special closeness with her former housekeeper, Francina. What's more, she's in love...

  • In the Shadow of the Glacier

    Vicki Delany

    MURDER CASTS A LONG SHADOW Rookie constable Molly Smith catches her first big case when murder shatters the serenity of her bucolic British Columbia town. Reginald Montgomery is dead from a vicious blow to the back of the head. Who hated him enou...

  • Because Of A Boy

    Anna DeStefano

    Nurse Kate Rhodes is duty bound to report the abusive father of one of her charges--despite the lawyer who proclaims the man's innocence. Stephen Creighton isn't in the habit of getting involved in his cases. For him, it's get in, fight like hell,...

  • End Games

    Michael Dibdin

    The final installment in this award-winning series brings Italian police detective Aurelio Zen to remote Calabria, where the Venice-born-and-bred detective feels uncomfortably like a foreigner. It's a routine assignment, and Aurelio Zen is biding...

  • Humpty Dumpty in Oakland

    Philip K. Dick

    Set in San Francisco in the late 1950s, Humpty Dumpty in Oakland is a tragicomedy of misunderstandings among used car dealers and real-estate salesmen: the small-time, struggling individuals for whom Philip K.Dick always reserved his greatest sympath...

  • Angel Isle

    Peter Dickinson

    ONCE THE 24 MOST powerful magicians in the Empire pledged to use their magic only to protect the people. But the promise that bound them has now corrupted them. They have become a single terrible entity with a limitless desire for domination. Only th...

  • When All Seems Lost

    William C. Dietz

    THOSE WILLING TO SACRIFICE... As interstellar war rages, the president of the Confederacy is captured by the Ramanthian enemy and imprisoned in a brutal labor camp. But the aliens don't realize the prize they have taken, since, at the suggestion of y...

  • Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose

    Leo Dillon

    The numbers are on the loose—hiding and dancing, skipping and laughing through the rhymes of Mother Goose! It’s a good thing Caldecott Medal-winning artists Leo and Diane Dillon have helped gather up all these mischievous numbers in a stun...

  • Backwards Days

    Stuart Dischell

    Sly, comic, inventive, and exuberant, the brokenhearted lyrics and dark parables of Backwards Days are cast in the spirit and craft Stuart Dischell’s poetry is known for. In this, his fourth full-length collection, he revs up both music and experie...

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Story Book And CD

    Disney Book Group

    Pirates everywhere are in danger as the East India Trading Company sets the ruthless Davy Jones on them. Captain Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner, and the rest of the Pirates of the Caribbean crew must unite all of the Seven Seas' ...

  • Treasury of Children's Classics from Snow White to Chicken Little

    Disney Book Group

  • Treasury of Children's Classics: From Snow White to Chicken Little

    Disney Book Group

  • A Magnificent Mouse Pop-Up

    Disney Book Group

    The beloved, familiar tale of Cinderella gets a fresh new spin. Find out what a fairy tale looks like when you're a mouse! That's just the right size to be a cat's snack...or to sneakily unlock Cinderella from her attic room and save the day! With an...

  • Fatal Revenant

    Stephen R. Donaldson

    The long-awaited sequel to The Runes of the Earth returns readers to the Land-and opens with the reunion of Linden Avery and Thomas Covenant! Linden Avery, who loved Thomas Covenant and watched him die, has returned to the Land in search of her k...

  • The Black Widow Agency

    Felicia Donovan

    Strong, sexy, smart, and stealthy! The ladies at the Black Widow Agency aim to bring justice to wronged women like themselves, using a lethal blend of computer forensics, surveillance technology, and women's intuition. The owner is ex-cop Katie Mahon...

  • Charade

    Kate Donovan

    A DEADLY MASQUERADE As an undercover asset for the FBI, Sasha Bracciali can deceive with finesse and improvise at a moment's notice. And she'll gladly practice any deception if it means saving a kidnapped Athena student. So Sasha takes on the roles ...

  • Who Am I?

    Lena Nelson Dooley

    Leiann Hambrick was settled into a comfortable life as a Texas school teacher...but then her mother dies and her world is turned upside down. A letter Leiann receives causes her to question her very identity. What will she learn when she goes to Bost...

  • His Christmas Angel

    Michelle Douglas

    Home for Christmas... Once Sol Adams and Cassie Campbell had been inseparable, drawn to each other when times were tough. Cassie has spent the last ten years trying to move on from her life back then, but now Sol is home for Christmas, more gorgeo...

  • November Blues

    Sharon M. Draper

    Two teens ... One shared grief. JERICHO Josh Prescott's death in a freak hazing accident left his cousin Jericho consumed with guilt, unable to enjoy the things that gave him pleasure when Josh was alive, even playing his beloved trumpet. Jericho tu...

  • Tell Me What You See

    Zoran Drvenkar

    Lost in a cemetery, Alissa stumbles into a crypt, where she finds a veinous purple plant growing up through the lid of a casket. Weirdly compelled, she opens the coffin and cuts off the growth, which had wormed its roots into the corpse's rotting hea...

  • Cobweb

    Margaret Duffy

    A new case for Patrick Gillard and Ingrid Langley - When a DCI is killed in a car crash, his superiors are convinced he was silenced because he was investigating the murder of MP Jason Giddings. Patrick Gillard and his consultant (and wife) Ingrid La...

  • Hiroshima Dreams

    Kelly Easton

    Lin can’t explain the knowledge she has of the future, of what people will say or what will happen. It’s a gift she shares with Obaasan, her grandmother, who has recently come from Japan to live with Lin’s family. But seeing the future is more ...

  • The Kingdom of Ashes

    Robert Edric

    Germany, spring 1946. The Nuremberg Trials are underway. Three hundred miles north, in the Rehstadt Institute, an "Assessment and Evaluation" centre, Alex Foster interrogates a succession of lesser war criminals, deciding their futures in the soon-to...

  • Go Figure

    Jo Edwards

    Ryan is not obsessing.... But she does want to lose weight. Ever since she was outted as a "fat girl" at chearleading camp in fifth grade, Ryan's been on a mission to shed more than a few pounds. Lately she's also on the hunt for a new relation...

  • What Is the What

    Dave Eggers

    In a sprawling and epic novel, Dave Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of a young boy, Valentino Achak Deng. What is the What tells the story of Valentino and another boy, both caught in the Sudanese civil war. ...

  • Life, in Pictures: Autobiographical Stories

    Will Eisner

    An intimate self-portrait of the American icon Will Eisner, and a chronicle of the career that launched a new art form.

    In what will be the closest thing Eisner fans will see to an autobiography, the great master and pioneer of American graphi...

  • The Stylist

    Cai Emmons

    As children, Hayden and her sisters ran carefree through the wilds of rural Connecticut when their father was away writing novels. But when he eventually returned, the spontaneous nature of their female household gave way to his oppressive regulation...

  • Frannie in Pieces

    Delia Ephron

    What does you in--brain or heart? Frannie asks herself this question when, a week before she turns fifteen, her dad dies, leaving her suddenly deprived of the only human being on planet Earth she feels understands her. Frannie struggles to make s...

  • Sold as a Slave

    Olaudah Equiano

    In an adventurous and extraordinary life, Equiano (c.1745-c.1797) criss-crossed the Atlantic world, from West Africa to the Caribbean to the USA to Britain, either as a slave or fighting with the Royal Navy. His account of his life is not only one of...

  • Mistletoe Bay

    Marcia Evanick

    Nestled beside the coastal town of Misty Harbor, Maine, lies the picturesque village of Mistletoe Bay. There, overlooking the clear blue sea, is a charming old house that's the perfect place to gather for the holidays and give thanks for family, good...

  • The Gift

    Richard Paul Evans

    There is no hurt so great that love cannot heal it Nathan Hurst hated Christmas. For the rest of the world it was a day of joy and celebration; for Nathan it was simply a reminder of the event that destroyed his childhood until a snowstorm, a canc...

  • Longarm and the Guns of Fort Sabre

    Tabor Evans

    In Mexico, Longarm has no jurisdiction, no authority -- and no rules getting in his way!When three Gatling guns are hijacked on their way to Fort Saber, the Army suspects a bronco band of Yaqui Indians from south of the Rio Grande. Teaming up with hi...

  • Longarm and the Golden Eagle Shoot-Out

    Tabor Evans

    Longarm GIANT novels…the biggest and best in Western adventure!  Felix Gaunt, with an impressively long criminal record, should have known better than to play dirty with the law. After Gaunt makes the mistake of shooting a federal employee, he...

  • Enchantress

    Lynne Ewing

    Following the incredible success of Daughters of the Moon, Lynne Ewing has created an all new fun and hip teen fantasy series. Based in Egyptian mythology and set in modern-day Washington, D.C., Sisters of...

  • Olivia Helps with Christmas

    Ian Falconer

    Everyone's favorite Caldecott honor-winning porcine and #1 Kris Cringle enthusiast is helping to make the season brighter than ever. Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa, make sure dad sets up the tree, wait f...

  • Olivia's Big Christmas

    Ian Falconer

    Olivia and pre-schoolers have lots in common, especially creativity! Now Olivia fans can express themselves with the components featured in the take-along art kit, Olivia's Carry-Along Coloring Kit. The 80-page coloring & activity kit and eight color...

  • Rain Forest Rose

    Terri Farley

    A lonely girl, a wild horse, and a Hawaiian island full of possibilities . . . Darby wants to visit her great-grandmother, a mysterious healer who lives in the middle of the rain forest. But she's afraid of the dark woods -- until she sees a beaut...

  • Magician Apprentice, Volume 1

    Raymond E. Feist

    Pug and Tomas are two kitchen boys in the castle of Crydee with big dreams of being soldiers. But when choosing day arrives and Pug fails to be chosen by the swordmaster as an apprentice along with Tomas, he finds himself instead under the tutelage o...

  • Underground

    Jean Ferris

    In 1839, visitors from miles around come to Kentucky to tour Mammoth Cave. But sixteen-year-old Charlotte, the maid at Mammoth Cave Hotel, doesn't understand its appeal. As a slave, she is already trapped, and she doesn't see the point in risking bei...

  • I Ain't Perfect

    Rena A. Finney

    Tired of competing with the needs of the ministry and his congregation, a woman decides to leave her boyfriend, a charismatic pastor, for a relationship with a #1 NBA draft pick who takes her to new heights of passion. Original....

  • Panning For Murder

    Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain

    OVERBOARD Jessica's plans to enjoy a relaxing cruise to Alaska are dashed when her friend Kathy Copeland joins her. Kathy's sister vanished from the very same vessel on a prior voyage, and though Wilimena often disappeared on flights of fancy, Kathy ...

  • Beastly

    Alex Flinn

    I AM A BEAST. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright … a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. You thing I’m talking fairy tales? No way. The plac...

  • 1634: The Bavarian Crisis

    Eric Flint; Virginia DeMarce

    The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a new force is gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe, forged from an alliance between Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians from the 20th cent...

  • Candy Cane Murder

    Joanne Fluke
    in

    'Tis the season for trimming the tree, caroling, baking cookies, and curling up by the Yuletide waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney. But in this festive collection of holiday whodunits, murder is also paying a visit... Bakery owner Hannah ...

  • World Without End

    Ken Follett

    World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the cente...

  • Red Wolf's Return

    Mary J. Forbes

    First love -- found. Meg McKee kept the peace in Sweet Creek as the no-nonsense chief of police. But to elusive Ethan Red Wolf, Meggie wasn't just the town's most capable officer. She was the soul mate he'd run away from, the woman the...

  • Grandpa Jack's Tattoo Tales

    Mark Foreman

    Flying fish, giant octopuses, mermaids . . . Grandpa Jack has seen it all. He's sailed all the oceans of the world, and he has a host of stories to tell about his adventures - and a tattoo for each of them. So when a customer at Grandpa Jack's diner ...

  • Toehold

    Stephen H. Foreman

    The residents of Toehold, Alaska, are an odd collection of eccentric souls reveling in the fierceness of the land and determined to live on their own terms. All of them have stories, some ridiculous, some bordering on the Homeric. Summer Joe has a ha...

  • The Awakening

    L.L. Foster

    ANGEL OF NO MERCY To most people, demons look like regular citizens. But Gabrielle Cody has the ability to see these creatures as they really are-- and the responsibility to destroy them. Hers is a special purpose, a divine obligation, and a heavy...

  • The Christmas Present

    Lori Foster
    in

    He's making a list, he's checking it twice--and he's hoping you're more naughty than nice. He's your own personal Saint Nick--sans beard, belly, and red suit--and he's coming special delivery in this sizzling collection... When Beth Monroe catche...

  • Balancing Acts

    Emily Franklin

    There's one hot dish that Melissa, the resort's new chef, wants. But getting to this top-ranked skier isn't so simple. Meanwhile, Melissa's own past threatens to throw her life-and her heart-off course. Known for her fast skiing and lifestyle, sm...

  • Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It

    Sundee T. Frazier

    Winner of the Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Award, this acclaimed, multicultural book about a biracial boy with a passion for science will resonate with children everywhere who can’t -- or won’t -- be defined by categories.   ...

  • God Bless Your Way: A Christmas Journey

    Emily Freeman

    Based on the song by Hilary Weeks. Mary and Joseph weren't the only ones turned away from the inn at Bethlehem. In this new Nativity story, a widower named Micah travels the crowded road to return to the town of his birth. Just in front of him a youn...

  • The Trouble with Twins

    Martha Freeman

    Holly's identical twin brothers, Jeremy and Dylan, are about to turn three. They are adorable; but because of them, everyone else in the household is exhausted and stressed out, even the four cats. When Holly volunteers to throw the twins a birthday ...

  • King of the Pygmies

    Jonathon Scott Fuqua

    When fifteen-year-old Penn starts to hear voices, he is terrified. He can hear his parents' unspoken gripes, his retarded brother's anxieties, and his neighbor's desperation. His mother wants him to get treated for schizophrenia, but his similarly gi...

  • Fragile Things

    Neil Gaiman

    A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it . . . In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to ...

  • The Kingdom of Bones

    Stephen Gallagher

    The Kingdom of Bones is the haunting story of Tom Sayers, a former boxing champion who must continue to fight--to clear his name after a series of gruesome murders, for the heart and soul of a leading lady, and to uncover the truth behind a legend ...

  • What Are You Afraid Of?

    Donald R. Gallo

    "An excellent collection on a topic that holds a strange and fascinating allure." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

    Everyone is afraid of something. But for those with phobias, that fear is exaggerated: the throat tightens; the heart races. The ten ...

  • The Good Mother

    Shelley Galloway

    Ten Years Can Disappear In The Blink Of An Eye... One look at August Meyer, and Evie Ray Randall is transported back to happier times. Times before her loveless marriage and subsequent divorce. Times before she'd become an overworked, stressed-out...

  • Touch of Texas

    Tracy Garrett

    Shelter From The Storm. . .

    A blizzard blows Texas Ranger Jake McCain to Rachel Hudson's cabin and trouble is right behind him. He's badly wounded. Taking care of him is the right thing to do, but she knows the local gossips won't see it that way. ...

  • Frightful's Daughter Meets the Baron Weasel

    Jean Craighead George

    Sam Gribley lives in the hollow of a hemlock tree, deep in a mountain forest. His animal friends include Frightful the falcon and her offspring and the mischievous Baron Weasel, among others. As winter approaches, both Frightful's daughter and the Ba...

  • Silver Lady

    Linda George

  • The Finnish Line

    Linda Gerber

    When Nordic ski jumper Maureen "Mo" Clark set foot in Finland, she breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, escape from her famous skier father's shadow and a chance to jump in the renowned Lahti Ski Games. But Mo quickly realizes that balancing practice ...

  • The Harlot's Daughter

    Blythe Gifford

    HER VULNERABILITY MADE HER DANGEROUS... Lady Solay's eyes met those of a hard-edged man. His implacable gaze sliced through her and, for an instant, she forgot everything else. A mistake. She had no time for emotion when so much depended on her find...

  • Body of Evidence

    Roy Glenn

    Panthea Daniels is stunned and devastated when she learns her husband of seven years is having an affair. She visits attorney Marcus Douglas to begin divorce proceedings, but sparks immediately begin to fly between the two. Things take a dramatic and...

  • Falling from Grace

    Jane Godwin

    It was all meant to be just a game, but now Grace is missing and may not even be alive. During an elaborate game of hide-and-seek on the beach, twelve-year-old sisters Annie and Grace are caught in the rising tide, and Grace seems to have been swept ...